Bulfinch architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress)

Collection Summary

Title	Bulfinch architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress)
Inclusive Dates	1787-1860
Bulk Dates	1787-1832
Call No.	Guide Record
Creator	Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844
Extent	135 items (chiefly architectural drawings) and 3 volumes (text, 51 architectural drawings, and 2 prints)
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp021001
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/95858243
Summary	Primarily architectural drawings by Charles Bulfinch, Architect of the Capitol (1818-1829), for and of residential buildings, government buildings, monuments, and churches in Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, Maine, and unidentified locations. Among the designs represented in the archive are the U.S. Capitol, the White House, and the First Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C. and the Maine State House in Augusta, Maine. Materials document various phases of the design process, from preliminary and presentation drawings to working drawings. The archive also includes some landscape drawings, engineering drawings, design drawings, study drawings, and perspective studies, as well as architectural drawings formerly attributed to Bulfinch.
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